
+ post-screening discussion with screenwriter Rachel Hirons
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Post-screening Q&A with Writer Rachel Hirons
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Our new film group – Girls On Film Club will be traveling to the BFI, Southbank to celebrate the start of the Birds Eye View Film Festival on International Women’s Day and watch a very special screening of Kristy Guevara-Flanagan’s SXSW hit Wonder Woman! The Untold Story of American Superheroines.
Open to everyone, this is a public event. Lads, Lasses, lovers and all in between!
The screening is at BFI Southbank Saturday 8 March at 6.30pm, ticket info below.
Exploring the origins and legacy of the amazing WW, this superdoc features comic book aficionados alongside real-life super heroines fighting for positive role models – with contributions from actress Lynda Carter, activist Gloria Stienem, Buffy writer Jane Espenson, Riot Grrrl Kathleen Hanna and more.
Tickets and more info on the day’s events here: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/wonderwomen
BEV will also be launching their full April 2014 Festival line-up of fabulous films and events, and previewing one of their favourite short films from the programme. Plus! A chance to see top emerging talent at a special pre-screening BFI Future Shorts event from 4pm.
Wonder Woman! The Untold Story of American Superheroines.
Dir. Kristy Guevara-Flanagan Country USA, Year 2012 , 79 min
** Make a day of it! A ticket to BFI Future Shorts Screening also provides entry to Wonder Women!.
Single entry tickets to the 18.20 screening are also available.
SEE YOU THERE!
Facebook link to event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1423361057904069/?ref_dashboard_filter=upcoming
Shoreditch Sisters WI and Birds Eye View are excited to present…Girls On Film Club!Open to all!
The debut event (and subsequent ones), are being held at the amazing New York apartment style space at The Hoxton Hotel, EC2A.
We are hosting a special screening of Haifaa Al Mansour’s beautiful film in partnership with Birds Eye View Film Festival. Come and join us for an evening of wine, pop-corn and conversation. The screening will be followed by a special discussion with an industry expert. – Bring your slippers, cushion or cosy blanket, it’s going to be a good un!
Tickets are £10, and you can buy them here on eventbrite: Any questions, please email Martha at girlsonfilmclub@gmail.com Wadjda’s parents won’t buy her a bicycle, so she determines to raise the money herself. And with her mother distracted by her husband’s plans for a second wife, she has a chance. The first ever feature from Saudi Arabia, this inspiring and gently subversive film won the Satyajit Ray Foundation Award for 2013.
Dir Haifaa Al Mansour, Saudi Arabia / Germany, 2012, 93 min |